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Synchronized bodily responses do not always reflect cooperation, study finds

Sometimes, while people are interacting with each other, their movements and physiological responses can fall into step. Some past studies have linked synchronized bodily responses to cooperation and being attuned to the emotions of others.

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Sometimes, while people are interacting with each other, their movements and physiological responses can fall into step. Some past studies have linked synchronized bodily responses to cooperation and being attuned to the emotions of others. A common way of detecting physiological synchrony entails measuring people's skin conductance , or in other words, how easily small electrical currents pass through the skin.

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